On Point with Tom Ashbrook

http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/03/10/nico-muhly-metropolitan-opera-two-boys

Composer Nico Muhly. (Courtesy the Artist)

Thirty-three-year-old Nico Muhly has made a big splash in a big hurry in the often cloistered world of contemporary classical music. Work with Iceland’s marvelous eccentric, Bjork? Done that. With Sufjian Stevens? Done that. With Brooklyn’s indie rockers Grizzly Bear and Hollywood’s indie crowd? Yes. But also with the Metropolitan Opera and Britten Sinfonia and great symphony orchestras and classical performers. Wrapping in the sound of ages and the sound of drones. This hour On Point: contemporary classical composer Nico Muhly.

– Tom Ashbrook